The Jaques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition has taken place annually since 1996. Our competition aims to provide students with an opportunity to compete against like minded musicians, to gain experience in piano specific competitions and give outstanding students the opportunity to perform at well-known London concert venues.

The winner will perform a solo recital at Wigmore Hall and at the Fazioli Auditorium in Sacile, Italy. The Wigmore Hall Recital will be recorded and he/she will receive 500 professionally produced CDs. A further four entrants will win a solo lunchtime recital at St James's Piccadilly.

The competition is open toall students (first year to postgraduate) of the four main London music colleges: Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. The students must be enrolled in one of the colleges at the time of the final.

Competition 2017

Final:take part in the semi-final; one student of each institution goes through to the final

Repertoire:

30–35-minute programme including the compulsory work.

The remainder of the programme is of own choice; complete

works only.

NB: Competitiors will be stopped after 35 minutes.

Two students of each academy (selected by the academies) take part in the semi-final; one student of each institution goes through to the final.Repertoire: 30–35-minute programme including the compulsory work. The remainder of the programme is of own choice; complete works only. NB: Competitiors will be stopped after 35 minutes.

Final at Wigmore Hall: 31st October 2017, Tuesday, 10:00–14:30 / open to public, entry fee £8

Arina Lazgiian (Royal College of Music)

Iyad Sughayer (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance)

Alim Beisembayev (Royal Academy of Music)

Scott MacIsaac (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)

45–50-minute programme including the compulsory work. The remainder of the programme is of own choice and may not include pieces played in the semi-final. Complete works only. NB: Competitiors will be stopped after 50 minutes.

The Junior Department Piano Festival

The Junior Department Piano Festival took place from 2007 to 2015. The Festival was open to students from the junior departments of the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Prize: Up to 20 students were selected to perform one of the works they have entered in a concert at Wigmore Hall.